Jonathan B. Losos
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Cats can be a little more difficult to do these experiments, but people have done them, and it turns out cats are just as smart as dogs, you know, as a chauvinist, I'd say even smarter than dogs, but they're certainly very smart. They do know their names. They can tell when the person they live with is talking to them as opposed to talking to another person. They can be trained, actually.
Cats can be a little more difficult to do these experiments, but people have done them, and it turns out cats are just as smart as dogs, you know, as a chauvinist, I'd say even smarter than dogs, but they're certainly very smart. They do know their names. They can tell when the person they live with is talking to them as opposed to talking to another person. They can be trained, actually.
There are whole books on this, and it's not actually that hard. It's the same principle that you train a dog. You just reward them for the behaviors that you would like them to perform, and the reward is food. Cats are very food-oriented. So overall, cats, cats are very smart. They can figure things out and they understand their names and other and other.
There are whole books on this, and it's not actually that hard. It's the same principle that you train a dog. You just reward them for the behaviors that you would like them to perform, and the reward is food. Cats are very food-oriented. So overall, cats, cats are very smart. They can figure things out and they understand their names and other and other.
There are whole books on this, and it's not actually that hard. It's the same principle that you train a dog. You just reward them for the behaviors that you would like them to perform, and the reward is food. Cats are very food-oriented. So overall, cats, cats are very smart. They can figure things out and they understand their names and other and other.
You know, you can do many different tests and they show that they're very smart animals.
You know, you can do many different tests and they show that they're very smart animals.
You know, you can do many different tests and they show that they're very smart animals.
Yeah. All the time. Cats are even more so because dogs sometimes will settle for affection and sometimes cats will. But if you really want a cat to do something, give the cat a treat.
Yeah. All the time. Cats are even more so because dogs sometimes will settle for affection and sometimes cats will. But if you really want a cat to do something, give the cat a treat.
Yeah. All the time. Cats are even more so because dogs sometimes will settle for affection and sometimes cats will. But if you really want a cat to do something, give the cat a treat.
I would have to agree with you. That is a great story. I have heard some stories like that. It does happen. Cats and dogs are renowned for returning to their old homes when people move. That's very well established. But I've heard of stories of dogs and cats showing up several years later, just as you described.
I would have to agree with you. That is a great story. I have heard some stories like that. It does happen. Cats and dogs are renowned for returning to their old homes when people move. That's very well established. But I've heard of stories of dogs and cats showing up several years later, just as you described.
I would have to agree with you. That is a great story. I have heard some stories like that. It does happen. Cats and dogs are renowned for returning to their old homes when people move. That's very well established. But I've heard of stories of dogs and cats showing up several years later, just as you described.
There's an interesting, if I can take a tangent to that story, people, researchers have started
There's an interesting, if I can take a tangent to that story, people, researchers have started
There's an interesting, if I can take a tangent to that story, people, researchers have started
studying pet cats to see what they do when they go outside and now in the united states most people don't let their cats out but some people do and it's more common in other countries and so the way they research this is um one of two ways they either put a little tracking device on the cat and you can then these days you can just follow it where the cat is doing on your computer or even your your cell phone and you get very accurate readings of where the cat is
studying pet cats to see what they do when they go outside and now in the united states most people don't let their cats out but some people do and it's more common in other countries and so the way they research this is um one of two ways they either put a little tracking device on the cat and you can then these days you can just follow it where the cat is doing on your computer or even your your cell phone and you get very accurate readings of where the cat is
studying pet cats to see what they do when they go outside and now in the united states most people don't let their cats out but some people do and it's more common in other countries and so the way they research this is um one of two ways they either put a little tracking device on the cat and you can then these days you can just follow it where the cat is doing on your computer or even your your cell phone and you get very accurate readings of where the cat is